AUSTRALIAN FACTS AND FIGURES

Highest and Biggest in Australia

Australia is the flattest, lowest and, except for Antarctica, the driest of all the continents.

Part of the Great Dividing Range, the Snowy Mountains are Australia's tallest. It's here you'll find Australia's highest mountain, Mt. Kosciuszko. Although the tallest in Australia, it's only ranked the 71st highest in the world. Everest in Nepal is 4 times as high.
World's highest mountains.

Elevation in feet

Highest Australian cities and towns in each state and territory

State/Terr.

City or Town

Heightin metres

State/Terr.

City or Town

Heightin metres

NSW

Perisher Valley

1740

WA

Tom Price

750

VIC

Hotham Heights

1700

NT

Areyonga

700

TAS

Reynolds Neck

1100

SA

Amata

700

QLD

Ravenshoe

930

ACT

Canberra

660

Highest Australian Mountains

Mountain

Heightin metres

Location

Mt. McClintock

3490

Britannia Range in the Australian Antarctic Territory

Mawson Peak

2745

Heard Island, an external Australian territory in the Southern Ocean

Mt. Kosciuszko

2228

Snowy Mountains in mainland state of New South Wales

Ten highest mountains on the Australian mainland

Officially recognized by the Australian government as the highest.

Mountain

Heightin metres

Mountain

Heightin metres

Mt. Kosciuszko

2228

Rams Head North

2177

Mt. Townsend

2209

Alice Rawson Peak

2160

Mt. Twynam

2195

Unnamed Peak SW of Abbott Peak

2159

Rams Head

2190

Abbott Peak & Carruthers Peak

2145

Unnamed Peak on Etheridge Ridge

2180

Mt. Northcote

2131

Highest mountain in each state and territory in Australia

Mt. Kosciuszko is located in the Snowy Mountains inNew South Wales and is part of the Great Dividing Range.

State/Terr.

Mountain

Heightin metres

State/Terr.

Mountain

Heightin metres

NSW

Mt. Kosciuszko

2228

TAS

Mt. Ossa

1617

VIC

Mt. Bogong

1986

NT

Mt. Zeil

1531

ACT

Bimberi Peak

1912

SA

Mt. Woodroffe

1435

QLD

Bartle Frere (S. Peak)

1622

WA

Mt. Meharry

1253

Bald Rock, largest exposed granite outcrop in Australia

Geology Confusion

Uluru, Mt. Augustus and Bald Rock have been described as monoliths. However, the Australian government points out that applying the term monolith to those geological structures is scientifically incorrect. Strictly speaking, a monolith is single large block of stone standing alone. A monocline, on the other hand, is an exposed slab of rock belonging to the layer beneath. We've read so much conflicting information about whether Uluru or Mt. Augustus was the largest monolith in the world, that we'll leave it up to you to decide.

Mt. Augustus

Mt. Augustus is more than twice the height of Uluru - so large that it is visible from over 100km away. It was discovered by Francis Gregory in 1858 and named after his brother Augustus. The Wadjeri tribe are the traditional custodians of Burringurrah, their name for Mt. Augustus. It's located 850 km north of Perth in Western Australia.

Height

Length

Width

Mt. Augustus

858 metres

8 kilometres

3 kilometres

Uluru

Uluru (pronounced OO-la-ROO) is famous for the way it changes colour in the light and is particularly spectacular at sunrise and sunset. Once known as Ayers Rock, Uluru is located in the Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park in the Northern Territory, 335 km south-west of Alice Springs. Uluru is believed to extend several kilometres below the surface and is made of sedimentary arkosic sandstone (less than 75% compressed lithified sand and more than 25% feldspar).

Height

Length

Width

Circumference

Uluru

348.7 metres

3.6 kilometres

2.4 kilometres

9.4 kilometres

Bald Rock – Largest Exposed Granite Outcrop in Australia

Bald Rock is Australia's largest exposed granite surface. Located on the Queensland and New South Wales border, it rises to 1277 metres above sea level and towers about 200 metres up out of the surrounding bushland.

Height

Length

Width

Bald Rock

200 metres

750 metres

500 metres

Note: This information is for entertainment purposes. We assume no liability resulting from any errors or omissions. Translation . . . we've done our best to bring you accurate information. For official facts and figures, please visit any of the many Australian government websites available such as the
Geoscience Australia Nat'l Geodetic database